BALLET MÉCANIQUE
(1924)

Film details

Alternative titles

CHARLOT PRÉSENTE LE BALLET MÉCANIQUEAlternative

Synopsis

Cubist film designed to generate a constantly mounting tension towards speed. Original music by George Antheil. Excerpts from the work of Erik Satie. [The 1954 revised score is published by Templeton Press and is available from Shawnee, Delaware Water Gap, Philadelphia. The 1924 version is recorded on Columbia ML4956; the 1954 version on Urania UR 134].